STEELCASE INC.
NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(Restated Effective as of
January 1, 2009)
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Article 1 Establishment and
Purpose
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1.4 Status of Plan Under ERISA
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1.5 Compliance with Section 409A
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Article 4 Director Payment and
Deferrals
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4.1 Participant Election Between Deferral and
Stock
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4.2 Participant Election Between Cash and
Deferral
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4.3 Initial and Subsequent Election
Periods
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Article 5 Deferral Account
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5.2 Debits/Credits to Deferral
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7.3 Spendthrift Provision
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7.8 Amendment and Termination of Plan
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7.9 Interpretation and Implementation
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7.10 Administrative Committee
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Establishment and
Purpose
Steelcase
Inc. (the “Company”) established the Steelcase Inc.
Non-Employee Director Deferred Compensation Plan. The Plan was
established as of June 23, 1999 and has been periodically
amended.
The
Company adopted the Plan to provide its Non-Employee Directors who
participate in the Plan with the opportunity to defer a portion of
their Directors Fees and have additional retirement
income.
By
this document, the Company is amending and restating the Plan as of
January 1, 2009.
1.4 Status of Plan Under ERISA
Because
the Plan does not cover employees, the Plan is not intended to be
covered by any part of ERISA. The existence of any Trust Fund is
not intended to change this characterization of the
Plan.
1.5 Compliance with Section 409A
To
the extent the Plan provides deferred compensation under
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, the Plan is
intended to comply with Section 409A. The Plan is intended to
be interpreted consistent with the requirements of
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.
The
following words and phrases, wherever capitalized, shall have the
following meanings, unless the context requires
otherwise:
2.1 Administrative Committee
“Administrative
Committee” means a committee consisting of the
Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer,
Chief Administrative Officer and the Assistant Secretary of the
Company and/or any other individuals designated by the Compensation
Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.
“Beneficiary”
means the individual, trust, or other entity designated by the
Participant to receive any amounts payable with respect to the
Participant under the Plan after the Participant’s death. A
Participant may designate or change a Beneficiary by filing a
signed designation with the Administrative Committee on a form
approved by the Administrative Committee. A Participant’s
will is not effective for this purpose. If the Participant has not
designated a Beneficiary or none so designated survive, the
Beneficiary will be the Participant’s surviving Spouse, if
any; otherwise the Participant’s children, including those by
adoption, dividing the distribution equally among the
Participant’s children, with the living issue of any deceased
child taking their parent’s share by right of representation;
if none, the Participant’s parents, in equal shares; if none,
the Participant’s living brothers and sisters in equal
shares; if none the Participant’s estate, if under active
administration, and if not, the Participant’s heirs under the
laws of Intestacy of the State of Michigan. Notwithstanding the
above, if the Participant designates the Participant’s Spouse
as a Beneficiary, and the Participant later divorces that Spouse,
the Participant’s designation of the Spouse as Beneficiary
shall be null and void, and the portion of the Participant’s
benefits that would, but for this provision, be payable to the
Participant’s Spouse will be payable instead as designated in
the Participant’s designation of Beneficiary as if the Spouse
had predeceased the Participant.
“Deferral
Account” means the bookkeeping account established by the
Administrative Committee with respect to the Participant pursuant
to Article 5 for the purpose of recording the amount of the
Director’s Fees being deferred pursuant to this Plan and the
amount of any earnings, profits, gains or losses credited/debited
thereto pursuant to Article 5. A Participant’s Deferral
Account shall be divided into a Pre-2005 Deferral Account and a
Post-2004 Deferral Account.
“Deferral
Date” means the date the amount of deferred Director’s
Fees otherwise would have been paid to the Participant but for the
Participant’s deferral of the payment of such fees under
Article 4.
“Determination
Period” means the Calendar Year preceding the Calendar Year
during which an Employee has a Separation from Service.
“Director’s
Fees” means any amount payable to a Participant for service
as a Non-Employee Director, including quarterly retainer fees and
fees for meetings of the Board of Directors or any Committee of the
Board of Directors.
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“Election
Period” means the period designated by the Administrative
Committee before each Plan Year during which elections under
Article 4 must be made with respect to that Plan Year. For a
new Participant, the Election Period means the first 30 days
of participation in the Plan. For all other Participants, the
Election Period shall end no later than December 31 of the
calendar year preceding the first day of the Plan Year.
“Key
Employee” means any Non-Employee Director who at any time
during the Determination Period was:
(a) An officer of the Company or a Related Employer whose
annual Compensation from the Company and all Related Employers is
more than $145,000 (as adjusted under Section 416(i)(l) of the
Internal Revenue Code for Plan Years beginning after
December 31, 2007);
(b) A common law employee of the Company or a Related
Employer having more than a 5% ownership interest in the Company or
a Related Employer; or
(c) A common law employee of the Company or a Related
Employer having more than a 1% ownership interest in the Company or
a Related Employer and whose annual Compensation from the Company
and all Related Employers is more than $150,000.
The
determination of who is a Key Employee shall be made in accordance
with Sections 409A and 416(i)(l) of the Internal Revenue Code
and the applicable regulations and guidance.
2.9 Non-Employee Director
“Non-Employee
Director” means any individual who serves as a member of the
Board of Directors of the Company and who is not an employee of the
Company or any Related Employer.
“Participant”
means a Non-Employee Director of the Company who participates in
the Plan pursuant to Article 3.
“Payment
Date” means the date payment of a Deferral Account is made
pursuant to Section 6.1.
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2.12 Performance Deferral
“Performance
Deferral” means the amount of a Participant’s quarterly
retainer fees deferred, if any, pursuant to Section 4.1. The
Performance Deferral includes the mandatory deferrals that were
required under the Plan for periods prior to September 1,
2003.
“Plan
Year” means the fiscal year of the Company, as in effect from
time to time, or such other 12-month period as the Compensation
Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company shall
establish.
“Pre-2005
Account” means the vested amount that was credited to the
Participant’s Account on December 31, 2004, as adjusted
for earnings or losses under Section 5.2.
“Post-2004
Account” means the amount credited to the Participant’s
Account minus the Participant’s Pre-2005 Account.
“Related
Employer” means:
(a) Any member of a controlled group of corporations in
which the Company is a member, as defined in Section 414(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code; or
(b) Any other trade or business under common control of or
with the Company, as defined in Section 414(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code.
2.17 Separation from Service
“Separation
from Service” means a “separation from service”
under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. Generally,
this occurs if the Non-Employee Director resigns from the Board of
Directors of the Company, is not re-elected to the Board of
Directors of the Company or ceases being a member of the Board of
Directors of the Company for any other reason.
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“Spouse”
means the husband or wife to whom a Participant is married on the
date benefit payments are scheduled to begin to the Participant.
The legal existence of the spousal relationship shall be governed
by the law of Michigan.
“Valuation
Date” means the last day of the Plan Year, or such other
dates as may be designated by the Administrative
Committee.
A
Non-Employee Director shall participate in the Plan on the first
day of the individual’s term as a Non-Employee Director. A
member of the Board of Directors of the Company who becomes a
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